Correspondence from Franz Werfel, 1917.

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Correspondence from Franz Werfel, 1917.

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1 item is Werfel's application for a subscription, in connection with a special issue entitled Das jüdische Prag. The other item is a letter from Werfel to the editorial staff of Selbstwehr, concerning his open letter to Karl Kraus ("Die Metaphysik des Drehs"), which was first published earlier in the same year in the Berlin-based periodical Die Aktion, and which had apparently been reprinted in Selbstwehr, with an editorial preface (Vorbemerkung). In taking issue with Selbstwehr's preface, Werfel makes extensive remarks about Kraus.

2 items (4 leaves).

University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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Kraus, Karl, 1874-1936

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Author. From the description of Die stunde des todes : literary manuscript, 1926. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79455305 Karl Kraus Karl Kraus was born on April 28, 1874 in Gitschin, Bohemia (modern Jičin, Czech Republic), then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The son of Jakob Kraus, a wealthy Jewish papermaker and businessman, and his wife Ernestine Kantor, Karl moved with his family to Vienna in 1877. He began to study law at the University o...